Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-05
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GAZETTE DFFECS, 1!
FORT WORTH, Tx, Nov. 1. 1851, -
Cotton csm9 in quite lively to-day, st
about the sans price.
Quotations arc given in this issue on
this years crop Of Louisiana syrup and
molasSes.
Trade has been good to-day II gro,
Ceries, both retail and wholesale, and il
grain and feed stuffs.
The market is overrun with young
chickens, and they ere Down a little.
COFFEE.
THROUGHOUT the week speculation here
and in Europe in Brazil coffee was quite
active, but the drift was decidedly bear
ism on an excited market, and the pres
sure On speculative offerings (said TO have
been largely on London acc0uut) was
very pronounced, with resulting serious
break ia values, the decline up 20 Thurs
Cay evening, October q, having been on
the option list as much as 1895 points,
leaving eff b2rely steady end un-
mistakGb.y sensitive, especially
In view OF the very de-
pressing tenor Of the cables from Hayre,
Hamburg and Rotterdam (tTom which
latter market the reports were Of tx en-
siva realizing and unloading on high
priced stock which had been carried for
many m0nths). In the local markets the
dealings ia options on Rio coffee for the
week ending with Friday, October %,
reached $4,000 bags, sgainst 438 00O
bags in the preceding week; al Havre (4s
reported by csble) G39 900 bags, and at
Hamburg 433, 900 bags.
Though private des,i9gs in coffee il the
local market were confined to u1impor-
tant Invoices the principal holders eYiuceG
firm and confident temper, having IN
diminished faith in the strength Of the
statistical position, and no noteworthy
efforts were made to force business b.
the temptation of concessions il prices
without which, in view Of the material
break on the option LIST, buyers could moi
be induced to make any considerable pur
chases. On Thursday evening, October
81, fair invoices Of Rio coffee were qu1teC
mere nominsl st $50 I94c, sud g0od Gu
cuta a l94@194c.
The warehouse deliveries Of coffee here
last week rescued Al 1888 bSgs (ageinst
Il, 700 bags n the preceding week. and
ST all the distributing ports 46, 836 bags
against ,147 bags in the preceding
week, aud 70,l48 bags in the correspond
fing week in 1856 The stock in FIST
hands of Rio and Santos ccffees here on
Thursday, October p, YVES placed a. 2i2, ;.
IFS bags, and at all the distributing ports
a. 427 ,647 bags, and the visible supply OF
Brsz'l cUffae given as 427, 647 bags, against
564 1924 hags sane time in 1886
On Thursday, October q, the stock a.
Rio J.Deiro was given as down to 343,-
coo bsgs, and on Monday st Santos, il
first hands, $40, 900 bags, and in second
hands 5000 bags. Last weeks pur.
chases for the United States were, at RiC
Jsneiro 41,OO0 bags, sRd at Santos 20OC
bags, against receipts, respectively, Of
As, 900 and $4,000 bags.
On Monday last, October "a, Hsvre
cabled the aggregate supply of coffee
there as SIG. eco bags $4,000 bsgs
BrsziD.
At Rotterdam, on Wednesday, Octooel
&c, good ordinary Jsva CO flee had solt
down to SOC. under the unloading pro.
cess on the part of the speculative hold
ers.